Data science education

Lessons for Python, R, and GitHub

In my role as a Data Science and Data Curation Specialist at the Vanderbilt Libraries, I developed and presented workshops and lessons to help beginner and intermediale-level learners develop skills for coding and using technical tools. Those lessons were focused in three main areas: coding with Python and R, and using GitHub.


CodeGraf

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Most lessons are organized around a self-paced system dubbed CodeGraf. Each CodeGraf lesson contains a series of short 3-6 minute instructional videos, supplemented with TLDR main points and code snippets. The lesson concludes with a set of exercises for practice. A user can work through lesson series as part of a synchronous class, or make their own path through the lessons asynchronously in the style of “choose your own adventure”.


Python

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The following Python lesson series are available in the CodeGraf format:

I’ve also developed non-video materials for using Python for web scraping and interacting with APIs.


R and RStudio

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The following R lesson series are available in the CodeGraf format:


GitHub logo

The following lesson series is available in the CodeGraf format:

Additional lessons without videos are available for: